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Oct 28

Lucy, you got some splainin’ to do: “Blackhollow: A Gothic Tale of Possession”

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Presented by Greater Boston Stage Company
By Weylin Symes
Directed by Weylin Symes and Daniel Begin
Featuring Anna Slate and Charlotte Gray (understudy)
Online Playbill 

Oct. 23 – Nov. 8, 2026
GBSC Main Stage
Stoneham, MA 02180

90 minutes with no intermission.

Trigger warnings: Body horror, medical misogyny, surgical gore, spooky basements.

Article by Kitty Drexel

STONEHAM, Mass. — Blackhollow: A Gothic Tale of Possession is horror. It depicts the torture of women. Its male characters call it “science,” but it’s historical torture with lab coats. In this gothic horror, adult men prey upon women and girls because they can. These male scientists see their victims as lab rats. Please, please respect your limits when buying a ticket.    

After witnessing her father commit her mother’s violent murder at the breakfast table, Lucy Cull (Anna Slate) is given employment in a 19th-century English criminal asylum. She is 11. Life working at the asylum forces Lucy to grow up quickly. Between the male doctors preying upon naive young women for sport or her malicious coworkers’ undeserved violence, Lucy must rely on her wits to survive.  Continue reading →

Jun 01

Something worth straining for: “Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”

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Madeleine Barker and Kayla Shimizu in NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 at Wilbury Theatre Group; photo by Erin X. Smithers.

Presented by Wilbury Theatre Group
Book, music, and lyrics by Dave Malloy
Directed by Josh Short
Costume design by Meg Donnelly
Sound and lighting design by Andy Russ
Scenic Design by Keri King, Max Ponticelli, and Monica Shinn
Intimacy Direction by Susie Schutt
Music Supervision by Milly Massey
Choreography by Ali Kenner Brodsky

May 26 – June 19, 2022
WaterFire Arts Center
4 Valley Street, Providence RI
Tickets

Review by Maegan Bergeron-Clearwood

PROVIDENCE, RI — I woke up this morning to an aching neck and shoulders: a theater hangover. Last night, for two hours straight, I perched on the literal edge of my seat, craning and twisting in all directions, soaking in all there was to see and hear. This morning, I’m reminded, for the first time in well over two years, of how it physically feels to experience a story unfold, not at me, but with me.

To the creative team behind Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 at the Wilbury Theatre Group: thank you for creating something worth straining for. Continue reading →